I discovered April Mae's Hello Sun Quilt Along back in October and decided it fit perfectly with the block of the month I was looking for. So I made a couple for myself. Then it came time to start thinking of Christmas gifts and I was in charge of finding something for my sister. She requested something to decorate her apartment with and it still took me a week or two to realize I could make her these darling sun blocks. My sister loves yellow and these blocks just seemed to fit her personality perfectly! So I got to work right away. I posted a sneak peak of the block backs awhile ago, but other than that I have been waiting kind of impatiently to finally post the finish products.
Here they are!
This is one of A's favorite things to say:
The whole set all together. I had a really hard time giving these away! I just wanted to keep them for myself!
January
February
I kind of love this text print!
March
April
I used fleece for the cloud. I wish I had thought of it earlier. I would have done the same for March...
May
June
I'm a little surprised, but I think this one is my favorite.
July
I like how the frayed edges look like waves in the water.
August
September
October
November
December
To make these mini quilts, I fused the background fabric onto fusible fleece (very carefully), then iron appliqued the pieces down. Then I did the embroidery, basted a back to each one, and stitched the pieces down. I used April's easy method for stitching the pieces down - I love how forgiving it is, and how CUTE it looks! Perfect for these designs! Then I sewed the borders on "quilt as you go" style and bound each mini quilt by hand (usually while watching a show with the hubby) - I think they look a lot nicer bound by hand.
I added little hanging tabs on the back of each mini quilt.
I think the backs look kind of cool with the images reversed.
The backs are all made from scraps of yellows. I didn't have very many pieces that were big enough for backings, so I pieced 12 log cabin blocks. The mini quilts measure about 10 inches square.
For the big one, I added two layers of batting to the sun and letters (Trapunto style), to make them puff out.
And there you have it! I made a set for myself, but they aren't mini quilts because I had already fused heavy interfacing onto all 12 of my background pieces, making it too stiff to quilt. So mine will look very similar, only they will be going in a frame, rather than being bound and hung.
Quilt stats:
Started: November, 2012
Finished: December 18, 2012
Fabrics: Nearly all from the stash! Lots of scraps.
Finished size: 10 inches square
Recipient: Sister A for Christmas
Very Cute!!! I am sure that your sister loved this.
ReplyDeleteHow would you recommend hanging these up? All I can think of is a staple gun, but I'm sure there's a better way.
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